A bartender from The Woodlands who allegedly served liquor to a man so drunk he was stumbling around and yelling racial epithets was arrested, a sign of increasing focus by law enforcement on those who over-serve alcohol to patrons.

Montgomery County's undercover Bars and Cars Task Force formed earlier this year to curb a resurgence of intoxication manslaughter in the county, where the traffic fatality rate is twice that in Harris County.

Chelsea Willburn, the 24-year-old bartender, was arrested on a liquor violation charge about 2:30 a.m. Saturday at Baker Street Pub, 25 Waterway Avenue in The Woodlands. She was placed in jail and released on $750 bail, said Warren Diepraam, vehicular crimes section chief for the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

Willburn could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

A Baker Street Pub employee, Serena Dameshghi, said, "All I can say is we conduct thorough training for all of our bartenders and wait staff on compliance with TABC (Texas Alcohol Beverage Comission) regulations. As a policy, I can't comment any further."

A Houston Chronicle analysis in July of Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission enforcement records shows that criminal prosecutions against businesses or their employees for over-serving alcohol are rare. For example, in Montgomery County only eight criminal cases had been filed since 2007.